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lnhammer ([personal profile] lnhammer) wrote2022-09-02 08:05 am

In the “Jade Terrace” Style #3, Quan Deyu

Concealed, revealed by a thin silk jacket,
Her delicate jade-like wrist is round.
We meet by chance—while she won’t speak,
A barest smile’s behind her fan.

玉台体 之三
隐映罗衫薄,
轻盈玉腕圆。
相逢不肯语,
微笑画屏前。

Lost in translation: the fan is “painted.”

---L.

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